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ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,719 5 8 By Miscellaneous revenue .. .. ~., 31 6 6 By-elections, expenses of .. .. .. 631 10 4 Balance carried down ~ .. .. 7,054 11 4 Registration of electors: Payment to Postmasters .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 General Election, expenses of .. .. 104 3 6 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. 615 3 10 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 129 0 6 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 724 6 5 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 119 16 10 .Depreciation .. .. .. .. 892 10 9 £7,085 17 10 £7,085 17 10 £ s. d. £ 8 . d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 7,054 11 4 By Balance carried to Balance-sheet .. .. 7,680 10 11 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 625 19 7 £7,680 10 11 £7,680 10 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 13,830 18 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 11,433 18 11 Creditors— £ s. d. Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 252 10 3 Departmental .. .. .. 103 5 3 Stock of rolls .. .. .. .. 2,102 2 0 Sundry .. .. .. 6 10 10 Stock of maps .. .. .. .. 42 7 0 109 16 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 7,680 10 11 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 9,684 18 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 2,114 3 4 £23,625 12 5 £23,625 12 5 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, viz. j (a) Rental assessed by Public Works Department; (ft) interest at 4J per cent, on capital. G. G. Hodgkins, Chief Electoral Officer. G. 0. Hall, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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